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Judgments
T'S up to Stlehm. Tliat is tho terse
ny of putting tho situation in Uni
versity of Nebraska foot ball.
Oiach Kwald Stlehm is held respon-
-ib'o for tho results attained by the men
who represent the Cornhusker institution
in tho foot boll field. During tho last
live or' seven years Nebraska has not
had. In any season, an eleven as Btrong
ns could have been produced with the
material that was at the command of
U.e coaches. Kwnld Stlehm, director of
n'liiMlra nt Nebraska, secured good re
sults. ilurlnB 1911 and 1912 as good results
as u iine-man system permit1?. Hut ha
did nut create as strong and efficient
foot ball teams as would have been
rut from tho same timber by Stlehm
uii-kine with a competent bunch of as
sistants. The fault was not Stlohm's
it i.s that of tlio system, and the coach
Is run to bo censured for the sorry flg
uii fur lnstnnce, that tho Oornhuskera
lv. si-ntod In the Kansas game, last fall.
Tin ln-ad coach did his best; ho Is given
. ri-il.t. too, for what he accomplished.
Hut to get credit In tho future, he must
produce bettor elevens than either 1911
or 1912. He cannot do It If he goes long
under his present handicap. He knows
this Is true; he knows he needs assist
.tuts, ho knows one man cannot compete
successfully with teams having five or
six coaches. He should come forth now
and explain Just what change tho sys
tem of coaching at Nebraska must un
dergo In order that better foot ball may
bo played by the Cornhuskers. It is up
to him to do so. If ho asks for old he
will get It, or at least get the support
of tho alumni, which Is all ho neods to
assuro him a continued berth at Ne
braska. I-iet Stielun speak.
TIie repor.t of the deal mado between
American association cities and smaller
league towns, enabling the latter to play
gomes in the AA parks, goes on to say
that the plan was drawn up by Presi
dent Chlvlngton of the association,
(leorgo Tebeau and Mike Cantillon, add
ing: "According to President Chlvlngton
the plan safeguards the association terri
tory in every way." Yet bet your life it
does or AVrite Wings and Merry Mike
would not bo the authors of It. A1J th)
little leagues get Ib the privilege of 'play
ing a few games In the AA parks
when the AA teams are away from
home, so as to fill In the gaps at tho box
jtflce for tho AA's. And If anything
houlil arise to make it desirable for an
A game to be shifted in on the little
fellow's schedule, why that will be done
nnd the Uttle fellow may take his traps
and rim out to a convenient corner lot
oi let It go. Just as he pleases. No need
to add that about safeguarding the asso
ciation's territory.
A suggestion Is mado that games at
Itourke park begin at 3 instead of 3:30
o'clock this season. We doubt the wls
lnni "of the change. True, they are
shoving tho hour ahead -In some of the
larger cities, hut condltms lye different
In larger cities. The Cubs will begin all
games at the West Side park in Chicago
at 2:30 o'clock, but that sets no precedent
for us The probabilities are that 3:30
o'clock will accommodate more people
than 3 o'c'.ock in Omaha and other
A estern league towns. In which case we
should stick to 3:30 o'clock. But wo
would urge that when 3:30 o'clock arrives
the games begin. Instead of waiting for
3 45 o'clock and a few more fans.
fhoonovor Insists on another chance In
left for Pa. Schoony might be ever bo
good: we don't say he Isn't, but as a
young man with his career before him, It
Is our guess ho would would be more
aluable to himself and others with an
other team. That often happens In the
experience of ball players without neces
sarily reflecting upon the merit of
their work.
EYENTS FOR THE BIG MEET
Director Maxwell Completes List of
Races and Track Events.
MUCH INTEREST BEING TAKEN
Collcuren nnd Hitch Schools from
Nebraska nnil Xelitliliorlnjc States
Seek Information an the
Indoor Tourney.
Iron Man Coombs
With nig Jim Thorpe and Big Chief
Meyer as their big battery, the Giants
might change their name to the Indians.
The sorting News has already given
i-.irh man an aboriginal name, dubbing
the Jll.OOO-beauty with the most appro
priate title. Heap-Much-Squaw-Man Mar
i,uurd p latest accessory to a ball team
H'.-Ilns Is a dentist. Manager McGraw
i -,.m e.v taking a tooth-puller with the
mi Us southern training trip and
, r.,e doc s Job is not to keep the boys'
. ,'h -harpened for the Texas umpires,
i ,. i r t altogether.
one in-nth from tomorrow the Itourkes
leave f r their southern training camp.
That w nets our eagerness to see Pa closo
cp u good deat for a left-flelder. He has
'ume pending, but none closed, a yet.
v.e nderstand. That gap filled and tho
earn will look complete and strong.
I'.lll Schipke has come back again this
Cm from the swamps of Missouri with
l.l, of coon's siilns.
nt overhall Is reinstated. Now all he
iit- to do Is to make terms with Murphy.
Von l laugh.
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co.it se. Manager Arbrogajt is
h: ' j-l. this year to win a pennant
r r-i- ni'.i -id out. tor tl e 'r,t Bme
-ary-ufjune UJWd fuithe ieaun.
Races nnd field events whldh will be
held during the second annual Indoor
nthletlc meet of the Omaha Young Men's
Christian association at tho Auditorium,
April 4 and 5, havo been completed bv
J. Trultt Maxwell, director of the big
tourney.
The track events will consist of the
following: Forty-yard dash. 220-yard
dash, 440-yard dash, S80-yard run, mile
run nnd two-mile run. In addition there
will bo eight relay races: Ono for the
universities, which will be for the one
mile Indoor championship of ' the Mis
souri valley; one-mile college relay, one
mile relay for Young Men's Christian as
sociations, half-mile , relay for high
schools, one-mile for athletic clubs, half
mile for grade schools, half-mtlo for
church federations nnd one-mllo for com
mercial runners.
Tho field events will consist of tho
poll vault, running high Jump and the
twelve-pound shotput. The gymnastic
events will consist of side horses, parallel
bars and horizontal bars.
In addition to the above will be several
special events. Tlhero will bo an equip
ment relay open to soldiers from Fort
Crook and Fort Omaha, postmen's w.alk
Ing relay open to postmen from Omaha
and South Omaha, tug-of-war between
Omaha police and firemen and a massed
callsthenlc drill for 300 men and boys
from tho Omaha Young Men's Christian
association.
On tho first night will be held the gym
nastic and special events and the relays
and races for tho smaller atihlotlc clubs,
grade schools and church federations
The second night will be taken up by
the ' colleges, universities and high
schools. The winners In the races on the
first night will compoto against the run
ners of tho second night. The first night
will seo many preliminary heats, whereas
on the second night there will be no
heats run whatever. Entries for the big
meet will close Maroh 29 and those send
ing in applications after that time will
be Ignored.
Contrary to the system employed last
year there will be no handicaps given to
any runners this year. All entrants will
start from scratch. Last year much
time was used up in determining hand'
caps, and consequently the last evont
was not pulled off until after midnight
and many of the spectators had to leave
before the meet came to an end in order
to catch the last car. It Is expected that
the last event each night this year will
be run off before 11 o'clock.
Entries Now Being
Received for Big
Indoor Track Meet
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-Entry blanks
have been sent broadcast for the national
Indoor track and field ohamplonshlps of
America, which are to take place at Mad
Ison Square Garden on Thursday even
ing, March C. The national championship
committee Intends to make this the mist
attractive meeting ever held in the his
tory of the Amateur Athletic union, and
if their present plans materialize the
New York athletic fans will havo a
chance to see the following men In com
petition for American championship title:
Drew, Meyer, I.lpplncott and Rice in
the 75-yard dash; Halpln, Llndberg, Mer
rihew and Rosenberger In the 300-yard
run: Meredith, Sheppard, Caldwell and
Davenport In the 600-yard run; Klveu,
Taber, Jones and Hedlund In the l,0o0
yard run; Kolehmalnen, Kramer, Scott
and Smith In the two-mile run; Nichols in,
Wendell and Eller In the 70-yard high
hurdles; Richards, Erlckson, Barwlse un.l
Johnstone In running high Jump; McDon
aid, Whitney and Reatty In the 24 -pound
shot put; McGrath, Ryan and Sherman -n
the 66-pound weight for height: Piatt and
Ren Adams and Tao Goohring in tho
standing high and broad Jump; Marc
Wright. Dabcock and Dukes in the !olo
vault for distance, and Glfford, Plant,
Voellmecke and Fltzpatrlck In the l.o
mile walk.
As usual the Amateur Athletic union
dlo medal, emblamatlc of the Indoor
ohamplonshlp of America, will bo given
to the winner In each event, silver medal
to second and bronze medal to third. The
track will measure ten laps to the mile
and will be of boards, but there will be
no objection to competitors wearing
spiked shoes. Entries will close with
James E. Sullivan, chairman of the cham
pionship committee, on February 24.
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Jack Coombs, the hardworking twirl
er of the Philadelphia Athletics, whom
Manager Connie Mack predicts will till
CHINESE BALL TEAM RETURNS
Accorded Suoh Excellent Treatment
that it Will Come Again.
WILL WLAY LONG LIST OF GAMES
Will 'four Iip F.ntlrr Country it ml
Will Piny Mini of tli I.rnriluir
Collpuo Tcuum Dtirliiur
tin Trnnm.
8 season return to tho form that made
him the sensation of the American lea
gue three years ago.
sNEW BLOOD INEN6LISH GOLF
Instead of Referring to "Big Four,"
it is Now "Big Six."
LIMELIGHT BEING SPREAD OUT
liven ThouBh Newcomer Mnke Good
Averuices, It Una Ilecn Ifurd
for Them tn Get Into
Circle.
NEW YORK, Feb. 15. In vluw of tho
projected visit to the United States of
George Duncan, one of the leading Brit
ish professional Golfers, In the fall, and
the possibility of Harry Vardon, former
British open champion, and Edward
Ray, the present title holder, coming to
f'heso shores in the course of the summer
for the purpose of competing In the
American open champion tournament,
I the statistics recently compiled on the
other side, showing the comparative
performances of the six leading British
professionals during the last season, are
of Interest here. Moreover, tiesr fluri-n
i seem to Indicate that the "big four"
! has become tho "big six," thereby show-
Ing that there is a certain amount of
I new blood developing even in Uritlsli
! golf.
I Not long ago the annual records of
j professional, golf In Great Britain were
, concerned mainly with the 'doings of the
fumons quartf-t llrald, Vardnr 'Taylor
' and Herd. Although these men still flg
' ure prominently in the review, the pro
gress toward the front rank made, by
; other players in recent years has caused
i additions, until now the man of mark
in 1912 Is the champion, Ray. though the
record of Duncan Is almost as good.
Mini' I'liilrrrntlitiiK" Dll-f
Many followers of the game might be
Inclined to -underestimate the real merit
tho percentage of wins of the six lead
ing British professionals:
Competl- Percent-
tlons. Wins. tigu.
Duncan ...35 26 f,7.1
Ray 41 23 &C.0
Vardon .... ' C2 ;a ci r.
Braid to 31 '0.0
Taylor 23 S "34 .7
Herd 16 n 31.2
NHW YOHK, Fob. 15.-The members of
tho Chinese University of Hawaii base
ball team, which mado ono of tho long
est trips over attempted last yenr by a
college team, nro so well pleased with
tho showing and treatment received
from tlmlr American opponents Inst year
that they havo decided to pay anothrr
visit to this country.
Word received from Albert K. Aknna,
cuptaln of tho team, states thnt tho fa
culty nnd board of directors havo glvan
the tram permission to tiuiko another
trip. Tho Chinese colleglnns havo Jumpod
at the chnncc, nnd arrangements nro al
ready being laid for tho trip, which will
be an extended one.
Captnln Aknna wrltos stntlng that tho
nine, which will bo composed of about
fifteen players, will leave Honolulu on
March IS. He expects to arrive with his
team at San Francisco on March 2(1, Im
mediately after which tho long list of
dates arranged for tho oriental ball toss
ers will ho begun. Starting on tho coast,
tho team will work Its wny eastward,
playing gntnes on tho coast and middle
western states. After theso nro fin
ished visits will bo mndn In tho east,
whero a number of games uro to be
played with big eastern college teams.
Southern nnd New England nines also
will be met. Tho trip wjll ho concluded
on .Juno 21, after which tho squad will
return homo. All told, the tour will
comprise approximately 50,000 mllos a
nlco little Jaunt for a college team.
No games havo been scheduled with
Harvard, Yale, I'rlnccton or Pennsyl
vania for tho reason thnt no satisfactory
dates wero obtainable. Tho 1913 sched
ule shows that the team will play over
a hundred games Whlo In this country.
This year's trip Is shorter than they
made last year, when thry did not finish
It until September.
Will IMny Miiiiy Games.
An Idea of Just how many games this
unlquo tr.am will play whllo In this coun
try Is shown by the long schedule being
arranged for them. In California Inland
games havo been arranged with llrlghnm
Young university nnd Provo university,
Colorado university. University of Colo
rado nnd tho University of Dcnvor Is tho
Colorado Itinerary. In Kansas, Sallnn
Wesloynn. Friends' university, South
western college, Wichita club of the
Western lenguo. St. Mary's college, Kan
sas State Agricultural, linker univer
sity nnd University of Kansas will be
met.
Tho latter pnrt of April will find tho
team In tho mlddlo west. Games sched
uled' In thnt section nro with tho Uni
versity of Wisconsin. Missouri univer
sity. Westminster college, Klrksvllle
State Wllllnm Jewell coIIcko, Canton,
Knox college, Iowa, Mornlngsldo colloije,
St. Joseph, Stnto College of Iowa, Coo
college, Ames, Des Moines; IVcornh,
Sacred Heart, Helolt and Northwestern
college, Chicago will bo reached about
Mny 10. In the , vicinity will bo played
games wlth Bt. Vlteurs, Notro Dame,
Oborlln, Ohio Normal, Ohio Wesloyan,
lluchtel. WllllamBhurg nnd Marietta.
Following tho w o.i tern gntnes will como
the southern trip. In tho south contests
have been arranged with tho University
of Virginia, Washington nnd Jefferson,
Wayncsburg, Grovo City, Slippery Rock
Normal nnd Westminster collcne m will
follow. On Juno 7 the ChlncBo will 'piny
Seton Han at Newark. Albright, Ponn
State, Hwartlimmo, "Mount St. Mary s,
Tufts, Holy Cross, Dartmouth, Vermont,
Mlddlebury and Williams nre some of
tho eastern colleges which will bo played.
(ircut Reception In llnvuill.
Captain Aknna writes saying that tho
team on Uh arrival homo aotno months
ago was given a great reception by tho
ball fans of Hawaii, who wanted to know
all about tho game here. Tho leader nlio
said that his men had picked up a num
ber of pointers, which they havo Intro
duced nt home. This summer when they
come horn, he wrote, the Clilnsse hope
to spring somo "Inside baseball" on somu
of their American opponents.
For ono thing the mon will ho batter
equipped to play than they wero In 191?,
for they gained ( somo very valuable In
formation from tho American tour. TIiIb
was a very succosnful one, as they won
fclxty-slx of tho 119 games played and tied
four. Furthermore, they have had somo
valuablo instruction from Pnclflo coast
professionals who aro now in Honululu,
The team which Is coming hero in the
spring will bo partially tho same tut last
year. It Is already training; In fact overy
month of tho year Is a training period,
tor tho weather permits boll playing all
tho year around In Hawaii. So In this
respect they have ono big advantage over
American collegians, whoso season Is
Stanford university, Santa Clara and St
Mary's college will he met. In Utah comparatively nhort compared to theirs
TO ABOLISH HAMMER THROW
Agitation Against TIub Form of
Contest Will Eliminate It.
IS NOT LEGITIMATE SPORT
llronuse PriMvrna In It U Only
Attainable by Ntrnne Men anil
It l)oe Not Take In
Mrnlnl Effort.
NEW YORK. Feb. IK. The agitation
against the hammer and wcght contests
In collrRe sports Is not confined to this
side of tho water, for the never-ending
controversy over them has again boon
revived In connection with the Oxford
Cnmhrldge sports. Their Introduction
Into tho Bports wus, In the main, nccl
dontnl. A brawny Scotchman, whoso
profession was feats of strength, became
acquainted with the originators of tho
sports. Out of admiration for his per
formances they were persuaded to include
tho weight first, and the hammer, a year
later, In the list of events, and tho
events wero promptly ndded to the pro
gram of tho amateur championships out
of a deslro to enroll ns many varsity ath
letcs ns possible, It was this action pri
marily thnt turned what was really meant
ns nn experiment Into nn established
custom, it gave rise to a prolonged dis
pute between Cambridge nnd Oxford, but,
In splto of pcrlodicnl protests, thero has
been no chnngo slnco lC(i, nnd now tho
matter Is up again In England, und many
athletes, past nnd present, are taking
sides.
It has long been contended by Oxford
that both tho hammer and the weight
contests rightly come under the hood of
gymnastic feats. It Is urged thnt they
are not lrgltlmato forms of ntthletla
sports nny moro than rowing, boxing or
foot ball, nnd that prowess In cither direc
tion Is only obtained by whnt aro known
ns strong men. Cnmbridge contends
thnt hammer-throwing, nt least, Is oldest
In datn of any athlctla sport. Both
hammer nnd weight aro recognized as
field ovonts. they say. and that very few
peoplo nowadays would caro to witness
nothing but running nnd Jumping at the
games. Other athlotcs sny that it might
be well to give only half a point to each
of the two events In the college meets,
and thus n possible tie would be nvolded,
which would mean the retention of both
events and revive the odd event. Others
suggest the throwing of a cricket ball
Instead of the weight. But tho general
opinion seems to favor tho half-point
scheme.
Mnile llent Avithrc.
Although the best nvcrago Is that of
Duncan, It will be noted that Vardjn
took part In nearly twice the number of,
contests engaged In by the other. It is.,
of course, possible that had the oppisltel
been true Vardon might havo huu u
higher percontuge, but os It Is the f Ik es,
may be tuken to emphasize the inuiaied
advance of the men who havo been here
tofore overshadowed by the winner.. r
many championships. The in:it' n
among the latter resulted In Vardon w n.
nlng six against llrald, losing thre? aidj
halving ono; be wan two from Taywi..
but lost three, and he defeated Herd 'nl
regard to stroke play Vardon leuds t"o
llbt, a shade better than Duncan The
average scores per round of the leailiigl
six players compared with those of the'
t.vo years previous work out as follow
Rounds. 1912. Hill ikiO
Vnrdon !K 74.3 7f. 76 ,
Iliinri'm 23 74.4 7 3 7 l
Hay SI 74.6 73 I Sj 2
Taylor 32 76 C 7 2 76
Urald 33 76.3 75 6 7 j
Herd
13 76.5 76 i .6 5
Rulra All IHkIiI.
Manager Clark Griffith of Washington
Is opposed entirety to EYers' suggestion
to have three balls give a base. "The
average pitcher has trouble enough now
to get the ball over." says the long
headed Griffith, who also hits the nail on
tre head when b declares tba rulu nued
Neorlnic Avenme 1 Mxc-rllent. ,
It also will bo noticed that 1912 wus tho,
first year that the souring average f r
the season has been less than 75. As this
uus accomplished by no less than tirte
of tho experts, and as the aventtfes of
the other players also have lmproed, j
there would seom to bo some founUdt on ,
for the belief that the condition of thej
British course was rather more favor
able to low scoring Inst season than In
Wll. However, an uveraKe of 74 for al- j
most forty rounds Is an Idhal for ama-1
teurs to dream about, ami it Is safe to
say that the vast majority of the latter
.ould feel elated with an average o( l
of Duncan's performances during the j for a miftr number of rounds. .Vhoi
year, and f that is so it Is probably due ,ne profeHlonal ffgures aro considered. n
to the long monopoly of the lime light j t. K),t 0f ainiteur experiences it uny
enjoyed by tho members of the "big , j,e ,nora fUy realized how superu w s J
four" as tho result of which the efforts I tj,L, quality of golf played last year by
of the less notable players have not, per-' Vardon, Duncan and Ray, and the Am r
haps, been followed with the same In- lean devotees of the royal awl urn .
tereit thnt will hereafter be afforded. Kame may well prepare themneH'S
The evidence of Duncan's high place In
the records will undoubtedly be gratify
ing to the Scotch in view of tho fact
that Braid was less brilliant than usual.
The statistics contain records of 2C0
matches and meetings In the 1912 season
and although the flugre Is not so high
as In previous years the prize money was
larger, amounting to something like 115.
000, disregarding the considerable sums
offered at continental meetings. The In
dividual performances of the men nro
not considered too closely, but some In-
tho nnnnrtunltv to Study theM- t"
greatest of British golfers at close rang
unless It happens that something tu
up to set present plans awry.
Chnncei HeleeU Food.
Frank Chance ha adopted Clark Ortf
flth'H Idea as to training. He wl'l have
steaks, chops, roasts and other meats nu
woll as vegetables and eggs, shipped di
rect from New York to Bermuda, whtro
the New Yorks will get Into ti i pe
Charllo Barrett, the New York tre'iur
will dlrnct the shipments und the T.l'a
teresttng figure are given with regard of th foHlJ nnJ j.ul jt jatd that ;t " try
ta their .central work. Following arojjuua juid tliuliar dishes shall be tabooed
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